#523d57

Color #523d57

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#523d57

RGB

rgb(82, 61, 87)

HSL

hsl(288.5, 17.6%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.5, 29.9%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(28.95, 14.5, -12.05)

LCH

lch(28.95, 18.85, 320.27)

OKLCH

oklch(39.3%, 0.0507, 319.8)

HWB

hwb(288.5, 23.9%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42573d

Analogous

#453d57

#523d57

#573d4f

Triadic

#523d57

#57523d

#3d5752

Split-complementary

#523d57

#4f573d

#3d5745

Tetradic

#523d57

#573d42

#42573d

#3d5752

Square

#523d57

#57453d

#42573d

#3d4f57

Shades

Color #523d57 mixed toward black.

#443348

#37293a

#291e2b

#1b141d

#0e0a0e

Tints

Color #523d57 mixed toward white.

#73567a

#93719c

#ae95b4

#c9b8cd

#e4dce6

Tones

Color #523d57 mixed toward gray.

#513f55

#4f4153

#4e4350

#4d464e

#4b484c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a52 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#4b4c50 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#514d4c · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 15.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #523d57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523d57]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#523d57 (#523d57) is rgb(82, 61, 87) in RGB.

No, #523d57 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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